How much revenue did Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines make?

$352k–$946k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines sell?

Q: How many copies did Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines sell?

256k to 416k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 256k–416k; $352k–$946k after Steam's cut $639k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 618k–760k

best case 2.9M (Sniper Elite 4)

Games like Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

A typical game among these

≈ 618k–760k copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.8M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Shooter (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Sniper Elite 4 at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (4 of 8) and Anime (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sniper + Shooter, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Sniper + Stealth + World War II; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2017, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 43 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sniper Elite 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.4M–$148.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad 2015	Est. copies ≈ 490k–796k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $133k–$358k after Steam's cut $242k–$551k before Steam's cut	$0.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Arcade2D
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 535k–870k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeSexual Content
Medal of Honor™ 2010	Est. copies ≈ 709k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction
NEKOPARA Vol. 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 414k–672k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HentaiSexual Content
Sniper Elite V2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 632k–1.0M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 3 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.4M after Steam's cut $23.9M–$54.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HentaiAnime